Null coalescing in powershell

Question

Is there a null coalescing operator in powershell?

I\'d like to be able to do these c# commands in powershell:

var s = myval ?? \"new value\";
var x         


        

Answer 1

If you install the Powershell Community Extensions Module then you can use:

?? is the alias for Invoke-NullCoalescing.

$s = ?? {$myval}  {"New Value"}

?: is the alias for Invoke-Ternary.

$x = ?: {$myval -eq $null} {""} {$otherval}